Judge's Decision to Hear Inmates' Case Threatens Practice of Solitary Confinement

New Court Case Could Shape The Future Of Solitary

More than 200 inmates at Pelican Bay, California’s toughest prison, have spent over a decade locked in windowless 8-foot-by-12-foot cells for 22 hours or more a day. Dozens more have been in solitary confinement for 15 years — or even longer.

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